St Johns Preparatory School - Prep Shadows Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The pulpit from which St. Vincent preached as pastor at Clichy. St. Vinccnt's copy of the Rules which he set down for the Vincentian Fathers. St. Vincent's birthplace at Dax. The chaplet St. Vincent wore at his side. T e Poor The of Stl Vimient BSLLHN 'lll , iRiPEK1'i5i, 1 l , A 1 4

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Are Your Masters . . . Charity is a heavy burden to carry. Heavier than the kettle of soup or the basket of bread. The poor are your masters. And the uglier and the dirtier they are, the more unjust and bitter, the more you must give them of your love. It is only because of your love, your love alone, that the poor will forgive you the bread that you give them. These words of advice falling from the lips of St. Vincent de Paul, and intended for the ears of a young Daughter of Charity, embarking upon her first errand of mercy, are by- a strange coincidence the perfect summation of the life and labors of The Apostle of Charity. For no other single human, from the first dim rays of the dawn of manis history to our own Age of Atoms, has ever served a Master with more abandon, more solicitude, with more charity and sincere personal love, than did the immortal Monsieur Vincent serve the suffering humanity of his age. I With the opening years of the seventeenth century, France was in the throes of a slow spiritual stagnation. Upon this scene stepped Vincent de Pauli No one escaped the beacon light of his love-the galley slave, the foundling, the beggar. Great as was the charity of Vincent, yet even greater was the manner in which he organized and administered it. It is predominantly due to this organization that so many people benefited to so great an extent from his labors. justifiably is he hailed as the Father of Social Welfare. Gradually, with the passing of the years, the groups which had gathered about Vincent gained in number and strength. Two societies, the Congregation of the Mission Wincentian Fathers, and the Daughters of Charity, spread quickly throughout France, and soon transcended those borders and became known throughout all of Europe. September 27, 1660 saw the passing of St. Vincent. His mem- ory and his work remain behind, vital and fresh, for us in 1960. As students of St. Iohnis Prep, we join with our Vincentian teachers in honoring St. Vincent on the 300th anniversary of his death. 5 An old engraving of St. Vincent pictured with St. Francis De Sales.